Improved railway supply-apparatus



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'Letters Patent No. 96,428, dated November 2, 1869.

IMPROVED RAILWAY SUPPLY-APPARATUS.

Tho Schedule` referred lto in these Letters Patent and making part 'of the. same.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, DAVID HARRISON, of Fayette,

in the county ot' J ctierson, :md State of Mississippi, haveinvented a. new `and uset'ul Improvement iu Railroad Supply-Ap1niratus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the aceomp'anying:l drawings forming part ot' this specilication.

Figure l is a side view of' my improved apparatus, partly in section, to show the construction.

Figure 15 is a detail view ot' one ofthe buckets and its support-ing trame-work.

Similar iigures of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish a simple, convenient, and effective means tor supplying a movincV railrimd-trnin with water,i`uel, 85e., while under full headway; und A' lt consists in the apparatus, constructed and oper' ating as hereinafter more fully described.

At the station, or other place. where water, fuel, mails, 85e., are to be taken on,;are erected a .series ot' posts, A, at each side of the track, connected at their upper ends by cross-bans, B, the posts A being at such a distance apart and of such a height that the posts A and cross-bars B may be entirely out of the way ot' the passing trains. o

C are buckets, (if-suitable forni and size, to contain the water, fuel, mail-bags, or other articles, Vwhich buckets are pivoted by easy-working pivots to the lower ends ofthe arms or supports I), the upper ends of which are attached to the middle part ofthe crossbars B.

From the lower part of the buckets C project triparms E, to be struckV by a projection, F, attached to the pilot-house, or some other suitable part ofthe eu` gine G or tender H, to trip the buckets C, and discharge. their contents into the cisteru, or some other part of the tender.

The projections F have rubber blocks placed upon them, to diminish the shock and prevent injury to the buckets when struck by said projections.

The position of the projection F, with reference to the tenderH, mustdepcnd upon the rate of speed at which the train is to move.

The tender H should have a properly constructed hopper, I, attached to it to receive the contents ot the buckets C, whatever they may be.

The cross-bars B should be connected and strengthenedby planks, J, attached to them, and extending from one to another, 'which planks will form awalk' for the attendants who fill and take care of the buckets C. t

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The suspended pivoted bucket C, for supplying a moving train with water, fuel, &c., substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The posts A, cross-bars B, suspended lpivoted buckets C, trip-arms E, projection F, provided with a rubber block, and hopper I, with each other and with the engine G and' tender H of a moving train, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses:

J. R. AnMrs'mAD, P. D. WHrrNEY.

DAVID HARRISON, i 

